Thousands of 2025 UTME Candidates to Sue JAMB Over "Glitches" and "Incomplete Questions"

 

Thousands of students who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are preparing to drag the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to court over claims of serious technical issues and missing questions during the exam.

According to JAMB, out of the 1.9 million candidates who took the test, over 1.5 million (about 79%) scored below 200. Only 12,414 students managed to score 300 and above, which is less than 1% of the total candidates.

This massive failure has sparked outrage across the country. Students and parents have flooded social media with complaints, demanding that JAMB re-evaluate the results.

Despite the outcry, JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin said the scores released truly reflect how the candidates performed. Meanwhile, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated that the poor performance shows that JAMB is now doing a better job of preventing exam malpractice.

But many students don’t agree. Education advocate and CEO of Educare, Alex Onyia, announced that a legal case against JAMB would be filed at the Federal High Court on Monday.

In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) page @winexv, Onyia said:

“Currently, we have 8,391 students who have sent in their complaints regarding the glitches in the JAMB 2025 exam. There is ample evidence to prove that JAMB’s system was inefficient, thereby causing serious harm to these students’ mental health.”

He also explained what the students are demanding:

“The demand is for JAMB to show all the students their mark sheets to view their results—what they failed, the correct answers, and a seamless way to dispute it. The destinies of these students are at stake.”

Some candidates have shared their personal experiences. One candidate from a CBT centre in Maitama, Abuja said:

“During the examination, for my Use of English, I noticed that some of my questions were missing. I raised the alarm, and I wasn’t the only one with the issue. When my result came out, I scored 170. JAMB has not addressed the missing questions."

Another candidate who sat for the exam on April 26 said:

“Last year I scored 287, this year I got 173. Many others who wrote on the same day complained that their English questions were incomplete. This result is not mine.”

A concerned parent also called for urgent action from JAMB:

“We demand a remark from JAMB. These are exceptional students scoring below 200. Many complained of incomplete questions and other technical issues. JAMB has said nothing. This cannot be swept under the rug."

As the legal battle begins, thousands of students and families across Nigeria are waiting to see if JAMB will respond and take action on the complaints raised.